Annie Wright School - Shield Yearbook (Tacoma, WA)

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24 THE HYAK. Lucy- Why, how lovely that must be! But I believe I would rather have Polly recite poems to me, than a man. Sara— Oh, Lucy, it’s a shame that you are the only old maid in the class, and we all had such hopes for you ! Lucy I m not sure its such a misfortune! Lara— Why, you used to be surrounded by the despised sex at all our parties. All our parties girls! We used to give so many! Adelia— Yes, didn ' t we? Two a year! if I remember rightly. But say, do you know the Delta Pi’s give a dance every Saturday night, now, and they have boys, too ! Edna— O h, ’Twas not like that in the olden days, in the days of long ago. Sara— Speaking of the Delta Pi’s, I guess you’re the only one, Lucy, who still has her Delta Pi pin. Why, my Pete asked me for mine, the night we were engaged. Edna— O f course, you gave it to him. Sara— I had told him some time before that no one could wear my Sorority pin unless we were engaged, and about a week from that night, he asked me if he might wear it. Wasn’t that the dearest way of propos- ing? Lucy— So you got your Pete that way. Well you got a lovely home into the bargain, too. Sara— Yes, I do think our little — Amelia — Little ! It only has about thirteen dozen rooms! Sara— Our little home is very cozy, and then you know what a col- lection of paintings we have. They are simply splendid. I often thought of you, Lucy, while we were choosing them, because you always were fond of art. What a pity that you never have had the opportunity of going abroad on a honeymoon. Adelia— Yes, Lucy, dear, it is a perfect shame. I just would not be an old maid. To be sure, didn ' t I propose to John, myself? But what are the odds, so long as you get a man in the end. Edna — T rust Dill to get there some way. Lucy— W hy, how did you manage it? Adelia— W T ell, you see it was just this way—

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THE HYAK. 23 J ea n n ette — Oh , if we may! Come on girls. (Exeunt Jeannette and Edna.) Lucy— You know the way, I guess. Erma (rises and falters)— Why, Lucy! I have not yet recovered from the fright of those deadful dishpans. Nellie— S he ' s so nervous, poor dear. Lucy— I don’t wonder it frightened her. for they often fall in the night, when a sudden windstrom arises, and I don’t sleep another wink after hearing them. But it’s a splendid burglar alarm, (Jeanette calls from upstairs.) Exuent Erma, Alice and Nellie. SCENE in. Enter Sara alone (excitedly) — Oh Lucy, whom do you wish to see most in the world ? Lucy— I guess any member of the class of naughty six would be wel- come. judging by— Sara— Girls! Girls! Enter Amelia White, Adelia Schoder and Edna Williams. Sara— Oh my dear! 1 am so delighted to see you! You haven’t any of you changed a bit! Here ' s Sara, married to a rich Esquimau, and just the same old Sara! Girls, hasn’t Sara the loveliest home? and (winking) the loveliest husband? Amelia (aside)— Yes, perfectly lovely. Has every window and door in the house open all the time, till we are most frozen to death. Edna — Yes, almost frozen, even if it is June. Deliver me from the Alaska lover, S’il vous plait. Adelia— Oh Edna! Do speak English! Even if you husband is a French poet, you need not always add your little French words. Of course, not that I cannot understand you. Didn ' t I take French of Madame Bonne Sykes? Of course I know what you mean, perfectly, but for the sake of the others, forbear. Amelia— Oh, Lucy! Did you know that while Edna was travelling in France, she met the dearest little French poet? Sara— It was a case of love at first sight, and in less than three months they were married. Just imagine always having someone to quote French poetry to you!

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THE nYAK. 25 Lucy— T his promises to be interesting! Adelia— I was out in the country one summer for my health. Edna— Adelia ’s health! What seemed to be the matter? Adelia (irritated)— Nervous prostration! Perhaps you don’t believe it, but it was brought on by over-study during my four years at the Semi- nary ! Well, a young man came along selling patent medicine, and he made my boading house his headquarters, while he was canvassing the country. Amelia — H ow romantic! Adelia — I thought he looked familiar, and come to find out, he was a chap I met going over to Tacoma on the Interurban one Sunday, when I was coming back to the Seminary, and I thought then, that he was pretty nice. LuCy (laughing) — I guess we all remember that. Adelia — So when he came out there, I said to myself. “Now Dill, if you’re bright, you won’t let him escape, and I didn’t. Lucy— B ut how did you manage? Adelia— Well, one night we were sitting out on the front porch, and we got to talking, and pretty soon I didn’t say anything for a long time, and he thought I was ill, and was going after some of his patent medicine, but I told him that all the patent medicine in the world could not cure my sickness. Then I told him all about it, and asked him if he could cure it (my heart) and he said “yes.” Edna— A nd the end was— a wedding. Amelia— Now, if that isn ' t an original way to get a better-half! Delia « lways did like original things, even those in Geometry. Sara — Yes, the way she got him was original, but I don’t think I should like the sort of life she leads; I like the comforts of a home and the attention of a host of servants. Lucy (aside to Adelia) — Sara does revel in her newly-found wealth. Sara— I should not like such an unsettled life. Always on the go. Lucy— H a ! Ha ! And do you really make up part of his traveling outfit ? Amelia— Y es, and the better part of it, too, I imagine. Adelia— W ell, I must confess that I was a paying investment. But men are so stupid.